Vijay Siddalinga Surgihalli

Lead Infrastructure Project Manager for the Lakshmi Vilas Bank Integration Project:

• I was involved in tactical and strategic solutioning, execution, and reporting for the Integration project.
• Set up secure communication channels for data transfer and integration of payment applications.
• Setup of Citrix environments for LVB, and ensure all LVB applications work in the Citrix as part of tactical design requirements.
• Successfully integrated 560 LVB branches with DBS and 10 office locations within 12 months.
• Migrated over 4,800 users seamlessly from LVB to DBS.
• Decommissioning of LVB Data Centers.
• Project financial tracking and reporting.
• As part of risk management, I ensured that regulatory and self-assessed audit points were closed within the timelines.
• Ensure infrastructure delivery for in-country servers, storages, and data centers.

Infrastructure Delivery Manager:

• Oversee delivery for Virtualization Platforms, Operating Systems, Databases, Storage, Backup, and Data Center Operations and Management.
• Responsible for Regulatory and third-party audits for Infrastructure.
• Infrastructure setup for onshoring applications from Singapore to India in line with regulatory requirements.
• Seamless data movements from SG to IN, with minimal CapEx spending.
• Solutioning for infrastructure requirements.
• Risk Management and Compliance.

Technology Business Continuity Manager:

• Planning disaster recovery scenarios from a technology perspective.
• Execution of DR exercises, and regulatory and in-house reporting.
• Review and update policy documentation related to disaster recovery.
• Successfully completed four DR drills, ensuring all DR objectives are met.
• Review, train, and communicate regulatory changes related to DR.

• Formulate an ITIL-based delivery model.
• Accountable for SLAs across projects.
• Defining scope, roles, and responsibilities per RACI standards.
• Automation Strategies and Implementation.
• Excellent record in streamlining and converting RED projects into Green in terms of deliverables and financials.
• Formulate business contingency plans (intercity/intracity) to ensure zero disruption.
• Participation in pre-sales activities, like RFPs, transformation initiatives, etc.

• Manage enterprise-wide infrastructure and data center operations for India Insurance Company.
• Manage end-user support, service desk, and security at endpoints.
• Ensure delivery of multiple domains, like Middleware, Databases, Storage, Servers, and Networks.
• Managing customer relationships and expectations.
• Review technology and operational risks, and devise mitigation plans.
• Delivery and SLA compliance.
• Led cross-functional teams to deliver project milestones on time.